Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Buy Now purple and gold inks on

purple and gold inks on a thick off-white paper stock by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

along with a unit number

Charlotte Campbell of Halifax

Overall prime example of complete set

each measuring 34 mm (w) x 111 mm (h)

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Buy Now purple and gold inks on(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silver Maltese cross with pebbled arms, the cross arms tipped with ball finials, the obverse centre presents the crowned initials PFEL for Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold, circumscribed by the inscription DEN XXV OCTOBER MDCCCLXIX (the foundation date 25 October 1869), the reverse centre presents a crowned Lippische rose, surrounded by the inscription FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR FAITH AND MERIT), measuring 41. 19 mm (w) x 45.